Delo industrial adhesives

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Delo Industrie Klebstoffe GmbH & Co. KGaA

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legal form GmbH & Co. KGaA
founding 1961
Seat Windach , GermanyGermanyGermany 
management
  • Wolf-Dietrich Herold
  • Sabine Herold
  • Robert Saller
Number of employees 661
sales 158 million euros
Branch chemistry
Website www.delo.de
As of March 31, 2018

Delo Industrial Adhesives ( spelling : DELO ) is a leading manufacturer of special industrial adhesives and the associated dispensing and curing devices. The company operates worldwide and has subsidiaries in the USA, China, Japan and Singapore as well as branches in Taiwan, Malaysia and South Korea.

history

  • 1961: Company founded in Munich
  • 1994: move to Landsberg am Lech
  • 1997: In the course of a management buy-out , Delo became an independent company under the management of Wolf-Dietrich Herold and Sabine Herold.
  • 2004: Establishment of a representative office in Shanghai / China
  • 2005: Establishment of a representative office in Singapore
  • 2007: Relocation of the entire company location to Windach
  • 2008: Foundation of a subsidiary in Boston, USA - Delo Industrial Adhesives LLC
  • 2012: Foundation of a subsidiary in Singapore - Delo Industrial Adhesives (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
  • 2013: Founding of a subsidiary in Shanghai, China - Delo Industrial Adhesives (Shanghai) Co. Ltd
  • 2017: Foundation of a subsidiary in Yokohama, Japan - DELO Industrial Adhesives Inc. (Japan)

Products and technology

Adhesives, casting compounds and optical materials from Delo are used in particular for micro- and optoelectronic applications in consumer electronics and the automotive industry. The company has specialized in light-curing and dual-curing products for industrial series production. The polymers used here obtain their full or initial strength for the most part under UV light. Delo is the world market leader in the bonding of chip cards such as credit cards. The medium-sized company is therefore considered a hidden champion. In addition, there are adhesives from the company in almost every mobile phone worldwide.

In addition, DELO develops and produces micro-dispensing valves and LED lamps for dispensing and curing adhesives.

Awards

Delo won the German Business Innovation Award 2014 in the SME category and the n-tv Hidden Champion Award 2016 in the Innovation category. In 2019 the company broke the world record for the heaviest weight lifted with adhesive.

Financial data

The sales and employee figures since 2015/16 are based on the consolidated figures of the consolidated financial statements , the previous years on the annual financial statements of the parent company:

Fiscal year Sales (€ million) Employee source
2017/18 158 611
2016/17 94 560
2015/16 80 500
2014/15 71 > 450
2013/14 58 > 400
2012/13 50 350
2011/12 43 300
2010/11 40 265
2009/10 29 230

Most recently, the company generated more than 80 percent of sales abroad.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2018 of DELO Industrie Klebstoffe GmbH & Co. KGaA, Windach, in the electronic Federal Gazette, accessed on October 28, 2019.
  2. ↑ Hermann Simon mentioned Delo in his book of the same name as an example of a " hidden champion ". ( Hidden Champions of the 21st Century: The Success Strategies of Unknown World Market Leaders . Campus, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-593-38380-4 , p. 24).
  3. ↑ Florian Langenscheidt , Bernd Venohr (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German world market leaders. The premier class of German companies in words and pictures . German Standards Editions, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-86936-221-2 .
  4. ↑ When the boss does gymnastics with the employees , Augsburger Allgemeine from September 9, 2018, accessed on October 28, 2019.
  5. ↑ Success stories "Made in Bavaria" 2018 , Antenne Bayern from October 1, 2018, accessed on October 28, 2018.
  6. ↑ Delo receives German Business Innovation Award. Maschinenmarkt from March 20, 2014, accessed on October 28, 2019 .
  7. ↑ n-tv Mittelstandspreis: These are the "Hidden Champions 2016". n-tv from November 16, 2016, accessed on October 28, 2019 .
  8. ↑ The strongest adhesive in the world. Springer Fachmedien from July 21, 2019, accessed on October 28, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2018 of DELO Industrie Klebstoffe GmbH & Co. KGaA, Windach, in the electronic Federal Gazette, accessed on October 28, 2019.
  10. ↑ Consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2017 of DELO Industrie Klebstoffe GmbH & Co. KGaA, Windach, in the electronic Federal Gazette, accessed on October 28, 2019.
  11. ↑ Consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2016 of DELO Industrie Klebstoffe GmbH & Co. KGaA, Windach, in the electronic Federal Gazette, accessed on October 28, 2019.
  12. ↑ Annual financial statements as of March 31, 2015 of DELO Industrie Klebstoffe GmbH & Co. KGaA, Windach, in the electronic Federal Gazette, accessed on October 28, 2019.
  13. ↑ Annual financial statements as of March 31, 2014 of DELO Industrie Klebstoffe GmbH & Co. KGaA, Windach, in the electronic Federal Gazette, accessed on October 28, 2019.
  14. ↑ Annual financial statements as of March 31, 2013 of DELO Industrie Klebstoffe GmbH & Co. KGaA, Windach, in the electronic Federal Gazette, accessed on October 28, 2019.
  15. ↑ Annual financial statements as of March 31, 2012 of DELO Industrie Klebstoffe GmbH & Co. KGaA, Windach, in the electronic Federal Gazette, accessed on October 28, 2019.
  16. ↑ Annual financial statements as of March 31, 2011 of DELO Industrie Klebstoffe GmbH & Co. KGaA, Windach, in the electronic Federal Gazette, accessed on October 28, 2019.
  17. ↑ Annual financial statements as of March 31, 2015 of DELO Industrie Klebstoffe GmbH & Co. KGaA, Windach, in the electronic Federal Gazette, accessed on October 28, 2019.

Coordinates: 48 ° 4 ′ 8 ″  N , 11 ° 0 ′ 22 ″  E